Funny Things

As we were leaving the library on Wednesday evening we saw a frail, elderly woman headed in to the library. I smiled at her, but Collins was really staring at this lady. Finally Collins loudly said, "Mom, she's so old!" I tried to redirect the conversation by telling Collins that that lady was very nice. But Collins said again, "No, she's old!"

This week at preschool Collins got in trouble for bouncing on a couch with two other kids in her class. I asked her how it made her feel when Miss Tyler had to ask her to get down off the couch. She paused, then said, "It made me feel brave." Hmm....

Colton has a sweet friend at school named Josiah Wu. We were talking about the Wu family today and I told Todd that I would really like him to meet Mr. Wu.  Todd asked, "Are they Japanese?" Colton quickly jumped in and said, "Don't worry, they can speak American."

Collins took her teddy bear to preschool for show and tell. When I asked her about it later, I wanted to know what she had told her class during her presentation time. She told her class that her bear's name was Daddy Daughter Dance. That girl is so excited for the GBC daddy daughter dance....which is in February. She has awhile to wait.

Collins told me about a little girl at preschool named Lucia. She said, "Lucia never talks. She has a mouth, but she never talks."

I took Holden to the playground on Wednesday while Collins was at preschool. One little boy (probably a bit younger than Holden) started following him around. Holden wanted none of that. Every time the little boy approached him, Holden would turn around and holler, "NO!" I told Holden that the little boy was nice and he just wanted to play with him. Holden disagreed. He said, "He's mean."

On the day that Connor received his TCS Maxwell tie, he had a funny experience. He was definitely smitten with his new tie and the way he looked wearing that tie. During the school day he asked to go to the bathroom. After using the bathroom and he decided that he would re-tie his tie. You know, just check his appearance. Well, when he was back it the classroom his teacher approached him at his desk and asked if he was alright. Connor was confused. "Yes," he said, "Why?" She answered, Well, you were in there for fifteen minutes." Connor had totally lost track of time as was fixing and admiring his tie.